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MikeRosoft

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10:27:08 AM Jun 7th 2014

Removed:

Permanent Elected Officials: The sisters have been ruling Equestria for more than a thousand years.note Or perhaps just Celestia, since Luna has spent the last one thousand years banished to the Moon. We don't know how long they have ruled Equestria prior to the banishment. However, we do know that it was some time after Equestria's founding and after they overthrew Discord. Seeing that their government is some form of monarchy and the fact that they are practically immortal (or at least just very long lived), Equestria won't be seeing a new ruler anytime soon. The ponies don't seem to mind, though.

I don't think this is within the spirit of the trope. Celestia and Luna aren't elected; they are princesses. They are indeed in office for life, but that way any monarch would count. They are also benevolent rulers; the trope lists officials that are incompetent, corrupt, or worse.

Does every second entry have to involve the mention of godhood in some way? I get that Celestia and Luna being Physical Goddesses is a popular viewpoint with canon support, but it seems like someone's trying too hard and shoehorning these descriptions in at every possible opportunity, whether it's appropriate or not.

Why do people keep on adding "Ungrateful Bastard" for Princess Cadance?? It's annoying and it's not an example. Here's the entry:

Ungrateful Bitch: When the Crystal Empire wanted to host the Equestria Games, she invited Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity, and... not Spike? Despite him saving her own Empire earlier that season?

TheOtherSteve

09:11:13 PM May 12th 2013

Some people are just really mad about that development.

Chalk it up to the show's respect issues. No one remembers any grand heroic deeds the mane cast did unless it relates to the plot of the story.

MsCC93

04:32:53 AM May 13th 2013

Thanks true, but if the Princess was rude to Spike about not inviting him, then it would count as an example.

Poptard

08:12:12 AM May 14th 2013

In the same episode's counterpart, Spike is shown to absentmindedly eat gemstones that he decided that he wasn't going to eat yet. He has no self-control when it comes to even his own snacks, and Cadance likely knows this fact. Now, imagine taking him to the Crystal Empire, where the crystal everything would be like sending Spike to Candyland. Even if Spike can restrain himself from eating a Crystal pony, there'd be a sudden abundance of benches missing corners, expertly-trimmed crystal hedges mysteriously disappearing, and bite marks absolutely everywhere. Cadance is trying to show the Crystal Empire is perfect, so having a hyperactive dragon child eating the scenery and needing constant supervision would not be worth the risk. Maybe some other day, Spike could visit, but this event is too important to have Spike jump onto her back and try eating the Ceremonial Headdress in front of the Games Inspector.

I seem to remember adding Say My Name to Celestia (because everyone always goes "Princess Celestia!" when she appears). If I did, it seems to have been removed. Reason?

Telcontar

12:53:51 PM May 6th 2013

I didn't remove it, but I expect it's because Say My Name is associated with extreme emotion, or possibly having just figured something out, which simply cheerfully greeting her with "Princess Celestia!" isn't. Phrase Catcher may be a better fit.

I took a look at the credits for the season 3 episodes, and it seems they're finally crediting the voices for all the characters besides the Mane Six, Spike, Princess Celestia, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. And from the looks of things, the credits spell Princess Cadance's name as "Cadence". What do you think; should we change it?

Calnos

03:46:44 PM Feb 22nd 2013

The credits in "Games Ponies Play" spell it Cadance. We use that spelling because its the one used in most official sources.

Should Cadence be on this page? She isn't one of the ruling sisters, and most of the tropes that apply to them don't apply to her.

Maybe put her in the same section as Shining Armor or Prince Blueblood?

Underachiever

02:16:40 AM Apr 25th 2012

I'd say she's earned her title fair and square by the end of the second part. She's a new character, yes, and perhaps less obviously flashy than Celestia and Luna; but it'd be hard to argue that The Power of Love isn't just as important to the well-being of Equestria as the sun and the moon.

Besides, it's entirely possible that she's simply young and hasn't even grown into her full power yet.

This page needs renaming, since Celestia & Luna aren't the only princesses anymore (the others are Princess Platinum from the pageant in "Hearth's Warming Eve" and the soon-to-be-canon Princess Cadence).

EDIT: I suggest renaming the page "The Royal Pony Sisters" since their old castle in the Everfree Forest is called "the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters"

EDIT 2: On second thought, Cadence might end up on this page later, so it probably shouldn't be renamed just yet.

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